Through the power of God’s Spirit

Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV)

 In the Old Testament, victory was usually equated with military success. The Hebrews saw that it was God who fought for them and made them successful in battle.
 The prophets gave them glimpses of a much more important battle being fought, not for country and territories, but for the souls of men, and foretold the ultimate victory in this battle through the coming of the Messiah, a spiritual victory wrought with weapons of a different sort: love, prayer, and faith.
 When Jesus came, the concept of victory took on its full spiritual meaning. The victory is no longer over enemy armies or hostile neighbors, but as the apostle put it, “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6:12)
 The victory that really counts is God’s victory, which comes from an entirely different realm. With Christ, we can rise permanently over the realm of temporal scrimmages. Through the power of God’s Spirit, we can overcome whatever we face, even the negative attitudes that we wrestle against daily, like our pride, anxiety, depression, etc.
 We have the victory right now and we can claim it, with faith, knowing that we already have the victory, thanks to Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. —Gabriel García Valdivieso [1]

 Life is too short, the world is too big, and God's love it too great to live ordinary. —Christine Caine

[1] Activated The Greater Victory